Newtown Primary School Exeter

🌍💚 How do we spread hope in our community?

The Owls have been concerned about litter in our local area, so this year they have been conducting a half-termly litter pick in Belmont Park. Their actions are helping to keep our community clean, cared for and welcoming for everyone.

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🚀🌙 The Owls have continued their Space adventure! We explored Neil Armstrong’s journey, tasted space food and reflected on how his bravery helped us learn and understand so much more about space today. ⭐🦉

🌍✨ ACE COP 26 – Empowering Our Young Environmental Leaders ✨🌍

Today, we took some of our Year 5 children to our very own ACE COP 26 conference, where they joined fellow Trust pupils in discussing important sustainability issues and exploring ways to make a positive difference in our school community.

The children shared ideas on:
🌱 Increasing biodiversity around our school
♻️ Reducing the use of plastics
💡 Lowering energy consumption
🌍 Creating a more sustainable future for everyone

It was fantastic to see such enthusiasm, creativity, and determination from our young people as they worked together to develop practical solutions for environmental challenges. We are incredibly proud of the thoughtful contributions they made and look forward to putting many of their ideas into action.

Together, we can make a difference—one small change at a time. 💚

🌱 As part of our experience, “How do we spread hope in our community?”, some of our KS2 children have been gardening with Newtown Community Association in Belmont Park this term.

Working together to care for our local environment has shown how hope grows through community. 💚

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🌿 Exploring our Forest School area is one of our favourite times of the week! 🌳

Each class enjoys dedicated Forest School sessions every week, where learning is personalised to support their enquiry-based experiences and explore important topics happening in the world around us. Through outdoor learning, curiosity, creativity, and connection to nature come to life. 🍃✨

🏃‍♂️🤸‍♀️ Robins have been developing their PE skills through a range of exciting outdoor activities!

The children tackled assault courses designed to improve their agility, balance and coordination, while gymnastics activities helped them develop strength, flexibility and body control. 💪⭐

🌻 As part of their learning about plants, Robins have been busy planting their very own sunflower seeds! 🌱

The children are excited to care for their plants and watch them grow over the coming weeks. They have been learning all about what plants need to thrive and can’t wait to see the results of their hard work.

Now the big question is… 🤔

🌻 Whose sunflower will grow the tallest?

🚀 One small step for man, one giant leap for Year 1! 🌙

Our children travelled back to the 1960s to learn about Neil Armstrong. With blackboards, Beatles classics playing in the background 🎶 and even a taste of Spam 🥫, the classroom was transformed into a wonderful trip through history!

🧵🎨 In their Art Experience, Sparrows have been focusing on the skill of weaving. They have been exploring different techniques and developing their creativity as they design and make their own woven coasters.

The finished coasters will be available to purchase at our Newtown Together Festival in just a few weeks’ time. We can’t wait to showcase their fantastic work and entrepreneurial spirit! 🌟

🚴‍♂️🌟 A huge well done to all of our children who took part in Bikeability this week! 🌟🚴‍♀️

We are incredibly proud of their determination and resilience. Some children started the week unable to ride a bike, and by the end had successfully completed both their Level 1 and Level 2 Bikeability training! 🎉

They have shown fantastic perseverance, courage and a willingness to challenge themselves. What an amazing achievement! 👏

Well done, cyclists – we are so impressed with every one of you! 🚲💙